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STAF
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse
stafr = 'staff', 'stick', 'post' [1] [2] [3]
staf-r = 'staff', 'stick', 'post' [4]
Gothic
staf-s = 'staff', 'stick', 'post' [4]
Old High German
stab = 'staff', 'stick', 'post' [4]
Old Saxon
staf = 'staff', 'stick', 'post' [4]
Old Frisian
stef = 'staff', 'stick', 'post' [4]
Old English
stæf = 'staff', 'stick', 'post' [4]
Related Names
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| GAUT | see Gautstafr |
| RAD | see Ráðstafr |
Last Element Forms
-sta -staf -staff -stafr -stav -stava
References
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
- ↑ Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)